2017 Chevrolet Colorado service brakes problems
11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2017 Chevrolet Colorado — 5% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“On Wednesday, February 18th, I was driving on the freeway, usual heavy traffic right off of it at 5:00pm. When exiting and merging onto the street, I pressed on my break to slow down and meet the speed of traffic, but my breaks felt hard, I struggled pressing it down, and my car wasn’t slowing…”
filed Mar 9, 2026
“On Sep 14th 2025 with KM 41959km, after turn on my colorado, after I filled the fuel tank, I had driven more of 50 min, a message appears in the screen control: Failed braking system 100km/h Max Velocity and a second message appears: Provide service to ESC. Then turn off the colorado, wait some…”
filed Dec 23, 2025
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Service Brakes problems in other Colorado years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Colorado | 9 | 33% |
| 2024 Colorado | 24 | 21% |
| 2023 Colorado | 23 | 18% |
| 2022 Colorado | 5 | 10% |
| 2021 Colorado | 14 | 20% |
| 2020 Colorado | 7 | 9% |
| 2019 Colorado | 7 | 5% |
| 2018 Colorado | 4 | 2% |
| 2016 Colorado | 37 | 5% |
| 2015 Colorado | 14 | 3% |
| 2012 Colorado | 7 | 17% |
| 2011 Colorado | 3 | 7% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2017 Chevrolet Colorado
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.